Businesses working outside large urban areas in British Columbia (and, in some cases, within them as well) often need good working relationships with neighbouring First Nations, whose aboriginal claims could be affected by provincial permitting decisions....

The threat to international shipping posed by the recent spike in piracy off the Somali coast has been making headlines. Reports of passengers falling ill while on cruise ships also dot the news, as do stories concerning workers on oil drilling rigs who are...

Benjamin K. Sibbett addresses the situation in which an attorney is representing a nationally-focused, non-U.S. company without an international presence in connection with its acquisition of an international business division from a large U.S. company. In...

Frequently, companies that are considering offshoring find themselves conforming their sourcing strategies to existing alternatives offered by service providers rather than constructing alternatives more suited to their unique requirements.   ...

Thomas L. Friedman in his book, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century (Farrar Straus and Giroux, New York 2005) at page 114 quoted the following African proverb: “Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must...

Relationships between U.S. employers and employees are no longer confined to activities occurring within the borders of the United States. The shifting of work overseas, the development of relationships between U.S. and foreign companies, and the involvement...

The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) is not merely a codification of the status quo in international trade, but is part of a progressive effort toward harmonizing diverse approaches to international law. As...

When a U.S. citizen or resident client owns property in a foreign country, that client will face a number of U.S. and foreign legal and tax issues, and these issues sometimes are complicated or simplified by treaties between the United States and the foreign...

In the last few years, there have been important developments that bear on the law governing clinical trials and attendant liability, insurance, regulatory, and policy issues. The developments include the globalization of pharmaceutical research, increased...

Whilst many aspects of the distribution relationship will be similar when distributing within the EU there are important differences to bear in mind and which can be costly to ignore. This paper attempts to be informative as regards the general context of...

Many foreign clients and clients that are United States subsidiaries of foreign companies have mistaken preconception about litigation in the United States. Part of this stems from the status of litigation in foreign countries, particularly in countries such...

Typically the parties are little concerned about a dispute resolution clause. Some clause may be picked from another unrelated and dissimilar contract and inserted. Once any dispute occurs this clause can become the most important clause in the contract....

Outsourcing arrangements inevitably involve mutual interdependence between the customer and the supplier. The supplier is unable to perform some of the services in accordance with the service level requirements unless the customer performs some obligations,...

Every international business faces the issue of what to do when a foreign bureaucrat demands "a little something extra" for doing his job in a timely manner. While one might simply consider this a cost of doing business in a different culture, it...

Situation: Ensuring management and employees at every level understand and obey the rules of governance is difficult for foreign subsidiaries operating in emerging markets, such as China, where local regulations and business practices may be inconsistent...

Just starting out in the International Law field? A basic knowledge of the terms of art is key to impressing your client or managing partner with your ability to handle International Law matters competently. Read on for a quick primer!   ...